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 Friendship in marble, animosity in dust Gratitude to our friends and grace to our foes May the laws of friendship submit to love More friends and less need of them May we never, by over-leaping the bounds of prudence, trespass upon the bosom of friendship Friendship without formality, and love without flattery The friend that will tell us our faults Friendship without interest, and love without deceit Gratitude to preserve old friends, and good behaviour to procure new ones Heaven's best gift—A Friend In friendship and love we may never know vexation May the hinges of friendship never rust May friendship draw the cork, and lave the curtain May the bark of friendship never founder on the rock of deceit May we bury our sorrows in the friendly draught May we be rich in friends rather than money May he who wants friendship also want friends May we never want a friend to cheer us, or a bottle to cheer him May old friends never be forgot for new ones May friendship be enlivened by good humour, but never wounded by wit May our friends have no burden, and futurity no terrors May the lamp of friendship be lighted with the oil of sincerity May we always have a friend and know his value May our friends always possess the three H's——Health Honour and Happiness Ability to serve a friend, a honour to conceal it May difference of opinion never divide friendship May friendship smile in our cups, and content on our loves Our favourite friends and a favourite girl Reconciliation to our friends The sunshine of the soul—A Friend Our absent friends May the friendly bosom never want a friend May he that turns his back on his friends fall into the hands of his enemies To the secret and silent